Wordly Wise Book 5 Lesson 16

To give up a high office

• intercept

• abdicate

• dominate

• proclaim

To take for granted; to suppose.

To occupy; to take over.

To pretend to have.

• assume

• abdicate

• former

• reign

To do something badly or without skill.

• dominate

• provoke

• bungle

• pardon

To rule or control; to have a very important place or position; to rise high above.

• assume

• reign

• hoist

• dominate

(adj) Coming before in time; having been at an earlier time.

(n) The first of two just mentioned.

• former

• jubilee

• kin

• intercept

One who protects; one who legally has the care of another person.

• kin

• guardian

• assume

• riot

(v) To lift or raise, especially by using a rope.

(n) Something used to lift, as a crane or pulley.

• bungle

• pardon

• intercept

• hoist

To stop or seize something while it is on its way somewhere.

• intercept

• assume

• provoke

• riot

The celebration of an anniversary, especially a 50th anniversary or beyond.

• abdicate

• jubilee

• riot

• proclaim

(v) Related by birth or marriage; (n.pl) relatives; family

Check all of the boxes that apply.

• kin

• next of kin

• kinfolk

• merkin